October 21th to 23th. 2013 in Riefensberg, Voralberg (Austria) : sprint workshop of the Common European Sustainable Building Assessment (CESBA)

1. SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Enjoy inspirEd working
on sustainable buildings and
neighbourhoods in a scenic
mountainous location
towards a harmonized
assessment in Europe
You will work in small expert groups
to develop concrete outcomes for the
Common European Sustainable Building
Assessment in only three days.

2. INVITATION
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
LCT-ONE
what is CEsBa?
CESBA is the process towards new and harmonized
building and neighborhood standards in Europe. The CESBA
process has been started 3 years ago as a non-profit, bottom
up process by stakeholders closely linked to the public sector.
Meanwhile it got attention from many organizations, too from European Commission – DG Environment.
CESBA discuss the aspects of core European indicators
to measure and assess the sustainability of a building or neighborhood. All aspects along the building cycle, from planning to
construction, from tendering to monitoring are challenged. Further it integrates the certification processes, the needs for training and communication. Because incremental sustainability may
add construction complexity, all stakeholders along the value
chain —including builders, administrations and users — need
tools to evaluate both environmental and construction complexity.
thE aims of thE CEsBa
sprint-workshop
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the strengthening of the bottom up process from experts
and institutions
the coordination of the various activities and networking
while learning from each other.
who shall partiCipatE?
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People who want to broaden their horizons and be at the
pulse of time.
People who like to interact and network, those are creative and want to discuss ideas for the future with colleagues from other Nations.
People who want to design the future in the building sector local, regional or transnational.
what is to BE ExpECtEd?
The participants can expect a comprehensive development of quality standards for future buildings and neighborhoods. A concrete perspective for action and project ideas for
further cooperation will be created. The personal network among
other experts will be strengthened. All together will be a strong
impetus for the further development of common european sustainable building assessment. Further it shall be exciting days in
a creative environment in the mountains of Vorarlberg.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA

3. SESSIONS
DESCRIPTION AND
STRUCTUR
3
6
6
14
110
Mountain Peak “Hochhäderich”
thE sprint mEthod
The sprint method is used especially for innovation and
development processes. The project helps to build efficient task
forces with the participation of users, developers and decision
makers working together in a strict and efficient manner. The
goal is to get useful and approved results in a very short time.
The method makes it possible that the developers and users are
working shoulder on shoulder for a defined amount of days. In
addition, during the common working days on a common place
the participants are going to build a community, a more and more
common understanding for the needs and the methods which are
required from the target groups.
6 thEmatiC sEssions
6 sessions, each focusing on the special topics, but
linked to each other guide the participants through the CESBA
Sprint Workshop. All sessions have a moderator and a co-moderator who are experts in their fields. The group will stick together
for one and half days, than they may change. A team of overall
moderators ensure a fruitful working atmosphere and useful results of the workshop.
individual
working loCations
Each session team decides themselves where and how
they create results on their topic. E.g. it is up to the team if they
use the sauna or go for a walk to the nearby lake or go up the
mountain towards the rocks. They will present their meanwhile
results in short in the plenary and receive a new task from the
overall moderators.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Days in the Mountains
Parallel Thematic Sessions
Plenary Presentations
Moderators
Experts in Working Groups
All participants choose the session group during the first
lunch. There are neither special speeches nor any listener – all
are co-workers for CESBA while learning by the exchange with
other experts. The whole process will be documented. Documents will be uploaded on the wiki-site wiki.CESBA.eu
14 modErators
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Andrea Moro, ISBEE (IT)
Dalibor Borak, Czeck Chamber of Architects, CEC5 (CZ),
Daniel Wibmer, Dr. Wibmer Development Consulting (AT)
Dietmar Lenz, Umweltverband Vorarlberg (AT)
Etienne Vienot, RAEE Rhônalpénergie Environnement (FR)
Eveline Thaler, Hochschule Luzern (CH)
Fabio Fulchir, Centro die Ecologia Teorica ed Applicata, CEC5 (IT)
Willy Küchler, ITZ Innovations Transfer Zentralschweiz (CH)
Hannes Mahlknecht, EURAC Research (IT)
Johannes Zauner, Hochschule Rosenheim (DE)
Markus Berchtold, Nena Network Enterprise Alps (AT)
Peter Steurer, Regionalentwicklung Vorarlberg (AT)
Sonja Geier, Hochschule Luzern (CH)
Wolfgang Konrad, Bauakademie Salzburg (AT)
3 days in thE mountains
Staying away from the office for 3 days offers the possibility to focus on a certain topic and establish a strong relationship with other experts. Still to stay in touch with the home office,
internet connection is offered.

4. PROGRAM
monday 21st oCtoBEr 2013
09.00 Arrival Life Cycle Tower ONE, Färbergasse 17b, 6850 Dornbirn
10.00 Introduction and excursion Life Cycle Tower ONE, Dornbirn
12.00 Common bus transfer to the CESBA Sprint Workshop location
12.30 Check-in and common lunch
14.00 Key Speaches, Session Introduction and Working Groups
15.30 Coffee Break
16.00 Prallel working sessions – round 1
S3:
Certification
process
S2:
Building and
neigbourhood
Assessment
S1:
Training and
Education
S5:
S4:
Usage and
Political
Implementation, Monitoring
legal framework
S6:
CESBA process
and activities
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Plenary presentations - Session round 1
19.30 Prallel working sessions – round 2
S1:
S2:
S3:
S4:
S5:
S6:
tuEsday 22nd oCtoBEr 2013
Breakfast and sunrise walk
09.00 Plenary presentations - Session round 2
09.30 Prallel working sessions – round 3
S1:
S2:
S3:
S4:
S5:
S6:
11.30 Plenary presentations Session round 3 - Mid term
Change of Groups
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Prallel working sessions – round 4
S1:
S2:
S3:
S4:
S5:
S6:
17.00 Plenary presentations Session round 4
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Prallel working sessions – round 5
S1:
S2:
S3:
S4:
S5:
S6:
wEdnEsday 23rd oCtoBEr 2013
Breakfast and sunrise walk
09.00 Plenary presentations - Session round 5
09.30 Prallel working sessions – round 6
S1:
S2:
S3:
S4:
S5:
S6:
11.30 Plenary presentations Session round 6 - Summary of the Sprint Workshop
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Next Steps towards CESBA
16.00 Closure
16.30 Bus transfer to Dornbirn, Departure
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA

5. SESSION 1
TRAINING AND
EDUCATION
Wolfgang Konrad,
Bauakademie Salzburg (AT)
Willy Küchler,
ITZ Innovations Transfer Zentralschweiz (CH)
Practical Experience - Air Tightness Test
ContEnt
sEssion oBjECtivEs
Training and education on sustainable buildings and
its aspects: Innovative good examples and knowledge exists.
Participant’s experiences shall be shared and their exchange
organized. Further lack or barriers of education for all aspects
of CESBA shall be addressed.
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Overview on existing offers
What are the needs?
Development of a common standard for craftsman, on
the example of PHCC (ISO and ECVET - certification)
Market place of training offers
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targEt group
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CurrEnt situation
Planning and constructing of NZE – buildings needs a lot
of skills both on the planning and on the craftsmen side. It is a
matter of fact, that in the area of building a lot of unskilled people are working. According to the three target groups – unskilled
workers, skilled workers and planners different strategies and
training offers are needed. On the example of the Passivhouse
-Craftsman – Course (PHCC), which has been developed regarding the needs and the language of Craftsmen (regarding ISO -and
EC-VET – certification), the common development of training offers will be discussed.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Give an overview on existing training offers
Compare the training offers in the home country with
countries of participants
Development of training offers
Give the opportunity to change training offers on the
„market place“
People responsible for or interested in vocational training and education

6. SESSION 2
BUILDING AND
NEIGBOURHOOD
ASSESSMENT
Andrea Moro,
Regione Piemonte, iiSBE (IT)
Hannes Mahlknecht,
EURAC Research (IT)
View from the peak of the Hochhäderich
ContEnt
sEssion oBjECtivEs
Definition of a common approach to sustainable building
assessment at European level. Harmonization of existing tools.
Development of a core set of criteria and common metrics. Principles for sustainability assessment at urban and regional scale.
It is the objective of this session to define the CESBA
principles to sustainability assessment at building and urban
scale.
CurrEnt situation
About 80 different sustainable building assessment systems are actually used in Europe at international, national and
regional level. Since 1990, when the first systems were launched,
the number of rating tools is increasing exponentially. The existing labels show the absence of a common approach and the
impossibility to compare the assessment results produced by the
different tools.
The actual scenario appears very confused to the stakeholder of the building sector. Too many differences concerning
frameworks, criteria, weighting systems, scoring methods, ways
to represent the results are present. These substantial differences are not facilitating the mass diffusion of building certification
at European level.
Beside the assessment systems at building scale, new
ones at urban and regional scale are emerging. Also in this case,
methods and assessment principles seem to be different. The
harmonization principles should be applied also at this scale,
from clusters to cities.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Key questions are:
What should be the core assessment criteria at European level?
What should be a common method for building assessment and urban areas evaluation?
What should be an European framework adaptable to local contexts?
How to harmonize the existing labels? Could it be defined a common certificate or building signature?
targEt group
Everyone that is interested to the use of building rating
systems. Designers, construction companies, developers, investors, public administration representatives, policy makers, researchers.

7. SESSION 3
CERTIFICATION
PROCESS
Dietmar Lenz,
Umweltverband Vorarlberg (AT)
Eveline Thaler,
Hochschule Luzern (CH)
Lifcycle Hub - LCT Dornbirn
ContEnt
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sEssion oBjECtivEs
Creation of a mass approach in using quality certification
standards
Integration of the certification in the political life as promoting nature
Strengthening the European framework for a local or regional autonomy in the certification
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CurrEnt situation
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Currently the certifications of building standards made
vary widely, from very extensive certifications by external experts
to self-declarations of the owner. Two years ago with CESBA a
process was started to coordinate and harmonize such certification efforts.
Development of solutions for the mass application of holistic certifications for buildings and neighborhoods.
Recommendations for institutions of the European to
the local level.
Fix the necessary framework for the preservation of regional or local autonomy.
Clarification of the process, the client, control, definition
of minimum standards necessary documents including Integration of certifications in the legal framework
(funding).
Furthermore, the requirements for validity of certifications, the publication of the documents and the results
of the training and the certification authorities and the
financing of the certifications to be clarified.
targEt group
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CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Entrepreneurs, who issue building certificates
Users of building certificates for the sale or purchase of
buildings
Representatives of institutions, who determine the policy
framework on European, national or local level.
Building users who want to design the architectural
standards for their living environment themselves.

8. SESSION 4
POLITICAL
IMPLEMENTATION
Daniel Wibmer,
Dr. Wibmer Development Consulting (AT)
Fabio Fulchir,
Centro die Ecologia Teorica ed Applicata, CEC5 (IT)
New part of the Almhotel Hochhäderich
ContEnt
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sEssion oBjECtivEs
Mass oriented communication for mass oriented quality
standards e.g. building signatures
Integration of building standards in political life as promoting nature
European framework for a local or regional autonomy
CurrEnt situation
Currently, the qualities of buildings are usually defined
on the energy consumption and costs. In some places, an assessment of the design with architecture prices takes place.
Numerous instruments are on the European market. However, a
comprehensive analysis of the building qualities and its vicinity,
including creation and maintenance process hardly takes place.
A broadly accepted and at various quality standard on European
level is not given. Currently, multilevel suggestions for quality standards are collected and developed. Ideas for communication (e.g. building signature) are also emerging. With CESBA
two years ago a process for coordination and harmonization was
started.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Development of solutions for the mass application of
comprehensive quality standards for buildings and neighbourhoods. Recommendations for each of the institutions from the
European to the local level. Fixing the necessary framework for
the preservation of regional or local autonomy, for the policy
as well as for companies and users of buildings. Definition of
minimum standards for the communication of building qualities (“signature building”). Integration of comprehensive building
standards in the legal framework (funding).
targEt group
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Actors which formulate politic goals, discuss and decide
Users of building certificates for sale or purchase of
buildings
Representatives of institutions, which help to determine
the policy framework on European, national or local level.
Representatives from the media who communicate
quality standards of buildings and neighbourhoods
Building users who want themselves to create their
standards for their architectural living environment

9. SESSION 5
USAGE AND
MONITORING
Johannes Zauner,
Hochschule Rosenheim (DE)
Sonja Geier,
Hochschule Luzern (CH)
Passive House, Hohenweiler Vorarlberg
This overall unsatisfactory state of affairs is rounded
down by current building assessments that are solely based on
how a building is planned to perform.
ContEnt
The session will begin by laying out the current situation of how buildings are commissioned, certified, maintained
and used. Adding to this, the state and examples of monitoring of
buildings and neighborhoods will be discussed.
Through this, an approach on how to take the usage and
monitoring phase appropriately into account of building (and
neighborhood) assessment will be developed. Furthermore it
will be discussed how to improve the involvement of the major
players during this phase of the building-life-cycle: The user and
facility management.
sEssion oBjECtivEs
Looking over the whole building-life-cycle most energy
and about 90% of all costs are due during the longest phase: usage. But: more often than not after a building is commissioned
(and certified), architects and planners are gone. Building technology companies will stay a bit longer to work on those qualities that weren´t fully implemented at the finish – usually after
a fashion.
What is left is the user - the single most important reason a building is constructed in the first place. Users mainly are
not concerned with the quality of the building technologies, unless they get involved, but with the comfort they provide. The role
of facility management often degenerates to ensuring this comfort, no ´matter the (energy) cost. Good ideas and technologies
can be corrupted by focusing on this single-minded goal. Continuous monitoring of a building can unearth problems within
and help improve it´s overall performance without sacrificing
any user-comfort, but real expertise on how to monitor buildings
correctly is few and far between. Whole neighborhoods are even
more complicated to monitor and there is less experience with
monitoring of necessary grids than there is with single houses.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
Developing a system on how to take usage and monitoring into account of building assessment and how the
quality can be ensured during this period. This will not
only focus on the how, but on which aspects determine
this quality and how they are weighted as well.
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CurrEnt situation
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Developing an approach on how the quality during usage and monitoring can be improved on it´s own.
To name a few possible issues:
involvement/awareness of users
and facility management
commissioning scenarios
different responsibility-models
(e.g. “cradle-to-cradle” approach)
targEt group
Planners, Building technology companies, Building
Owners, Facility Management, Users

10. SESSION 6
CESBA PROCESS
Etienne Vienot,
RAEE Rhônalpénergie Environnement (FR)
Dalibor Borak,
Czeck Chamber of Architects, CEC5 (CZ)
CESBA MEETING BRUSSELS
ContEnt
sEssion oBjECtivEs
The continuation of the CESBA process shall be organized as a free initiative of many stakeholders. Network activities,
wiki.CESBA.eu, a transnational coordination observatory shall be
prepared.
It is the objective of this session to define the next chapter of development of CESBA. Key questions are:
1.
2.
CurrEnt situation
The CESBA process has been started 3 years ago as a
non-profit, bottom up process by stakeholders closely linked to
the public sector. Meanwhile it got attention from many organizations in the field of the building assessment.
CESBA is more than the assessment of buildings. CESBA is the process towards new building and neighborhood standards in Europe. CESBA discuss the aspects of core indicators to
measure various qualities of a building or neighborhood. All aspects along the building cycle, from planning to erection, from
tendering to monitoring are challenged. Further it integrates the
certification processes, the needs for training and communication. CESBA highlights exemplary regional success-stories.
CESBA needs more structure and the integration of
more institutions into the process. Therefore transnational meetings have been hold. The wiki wiki.CESBA.eu has been launched.
This CESBA-Sprint Workshop is a milestone in the development of CESBA. Many interested partners are present.
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
3.
4.
Reflection, what are the weaknesses, what are the
strengths of CESBA? What changes are necessary?
Who are partners of CESBA, what is their contribution,
how to integrate them?
What is the position of CESBA in the European, national,
or local perspective? How to gain political strength?
What is the structure of CESBA for the upcoming years?
How will CESBA be financed?
targEt group
Everyone who want to define and contribute on the further development of the CESBA process on various levels. They
support the core values of the CESBA: open-source, mass-oriented, low entry barriers, regional adaptable

11. ORGANISATIONAL
DETAILS
Contact
Venue and Accomodation
Travel Information
Service
Excursions
Registration
Almhotel Hochhäderich
rEgistration
ExCursions
The registration for the CESBA Sprint Workshop, accomodation
and excursions can be done online. In case of questions please
contact Ms. Stefanie Wirth, Regionalentwicklung Vorarlberg.
Registration link: www.cabee.eu/events/cesba-sprint-workshop
On Thursday 24.10.2013 an excursion tour to enregy efficient and
sustainable buildings will be organized by the AIDA project. You
will be informed in detail in May 2013.
travEl information
ContaCt
Stefanie Wirth, Regionalentwicklung Vorarlberg
Hof 19, 6861 Alberschwende, Austria
+43 5579 7171
office@regio-v.at www.regio-v.at
vEnuE and aCComodation
Location of the CESBA Sprint WorkshopOrt
Datum &
Almhotel Hochhäderich ****
Montag, 19. November 2012
Hochhäderich 300, 6943 Riefensberg
Färbergasse 17b, 6850 Dornbirn
+43 5513 8254
Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos
office@alm-hotel.at www.alm-hotel.at
The Life Cycle Tower One (LCT ONE, Färbergasse 17b, 6850 Dornbirn) is the meeting place at the first day. After the welcome and
buidling visit a free shuttle service will bring you to the meeting
location where the sprint workshop will take place.
The LCT ONE is located 8 minutes walking from the main train
station in Dornbirn. If you come by car you have to leave the motorway A14 at the exit “Dornbirn Nord”. With 45 km distance the
airport in Friedrichshafen is the closest. On fixed times an airport
shuttle is departing to Dornbirn.
Ulm / Stuttgart
Munich
Friedrichshafen
sErviCE
Wangen
Weitere Auskünfte
Lindau
Christina Mathis
Tel +43 5574 403-190
The participation at the CESBA Sprint Workshop is for free. Only
meals and accommodation have to paid by the participants themselves.
Kontakt
Double room: Price 270 - 330 Euro Cree GmbH
(depending on room type) /
Normal double rooms and family suites with separate beds, inFärbergasse 17b
cludes 2 nights accommodation, breakfast and dinner, coffee
6850 Dornbirn / Austria
breaks, lunch, soft drinks and spa Tel +43 5574 403-190
Single room: Price 260 - 300 Euro (per room) / Single room or
info@creebyrhomberg.com
double room for single use, includeswww.creebyrhomberg.com
two nights accommodation,
breakfast and dinner, coffee breaks, lunch, soft drinks and spa
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
St.Gallen
Dornbirn
Hohenems
Zurich
Feldkirch
Vaduz
Milano
Innsbruck
Bludenz

12. INVOLVEMENT
AND SUPPORT
Almhotel Hochhäderich - Spa area
host of thE
CEsBa sprint-workshop
widE rangE of ExpErts
In the sense of capitlization and knowldege exchange supporting
projects and organisations will send their eperts to the CESBA
Sprint Workshop.
The project CABEE is the host of the first CESBA Sprint Workshop. Results of the workshop will direclty influence the development of the common Guideline of nearly zero emission buildings.
www.cabee.eu
supporting projECt
CEC5 is actively involved in the CESBA process. The main focus
of CEC5 is the development of a common signature for building certification. As part of a serie of expert workshops in CEC5
tje project will host Session 4 “Political Implementation” at the
CESBA Sprint Workshop.
www.projectcec5.eu
CESBA SPRINT
WORKSHOP
21st – 23rd of October 2013
Almhotel Hochhäderich,
Vorarlberg/AUSTRIA
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